A young specialist's day soon goes south when he gets caught in a firefight, but that's to be expected in a combat environment. However, no amount of training or combat was enough to prepare him for what would only be the start to a new assignment.

On the far edges of the galaxy, hidden on the moon of Bakura, lurks an enemy. An enemy who has already destroyed one great civilization, consuming it in darkness. Now, that same all-consuming tide stands poised, ready to reveal itself to a large, foreign, totally unprepared galaxy.